Tamarac Sewer, Road Work To Inconvenience Motorists

September 3, 1986|By TOM LASSITER, Staff Writer

TAMARAC -- It`s going to be inconvenient for many residents.

But when work on the $7.1 million package of projects is finished, the city will have an improved water and sewer system, North University Drive will be widened and the controversial waste water treatment plant on Northwest 61st Street will be gone.

The city hopes construction starts by November, with the projects completed by August 1987.

``They will have to be patient. We`re obviously going to need their cooperation through this,`` City Manager John Kelly said of the extensive work planned.

Part of the work stems from the city`s decision to abandon its waste water treatment plant and join the Broward County 201 waste water treatment system.

To do that, the city must build a pumping station at an estimated cost of $2 million. The station will be built adjacent to the customer service building at Tamarac Utilities West on Northwest 61st Street. City officials say residents who pay their water and sewer bills in person can expect problems getting in and out of the parking lot at the service building then.

Also in conjunction with the 201 project, the city will be installing a pipeline along North University Drive between Northwest 61st Street and Southgate Boulevard at an estimated cost of $1.3 million. At Southgate Boulevard, the pipeline will turn east and run to the Sunshine Canal, then north to Sample Road, where it will hook up with the 201 system.

Another major project will have the city installing a sewer pipeline network that will serve growth expected in northwest Tamarac, increasing the waste water system`s capacity in the western area of the city.

Streets that will be affected by the northwest pipeline project are Nob Hill Road from Northwest 61st Street to Northwest 81st Street; Pine Island Road from Northwest 61st Street to Northwest 70th Street; Lagos de Campo Boulevard from Northwest 69th Street to Northwest 75th Street; and Northwest 61st Street from North University Drive to Nob Hill Road.

In another major project, Broward County will widen North University Drive between West Commercial and Southgate boulevards.